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Age Wave’s team of highly sought-after keynote presenters have delivered dynamic, informative and inspiring presentations to thousands of organizations and more than two million people worldwide. These customizable, interactive presentations are built upon 30+ years of landmark research, best-selling books, award-winning articles, and insightful, results-driven marketing and communications initiatives. Continually refreshed and updated presentation content reflects the results of our ongoing seminal research and insights. Each program is designed to meet the needs of our clients across diverse industries. For information on our keynote presentation offerings, click on the links below or contact Stacy Cranston at 510-899-4040 or scranston@agewave.com.

Rising longevity and the aging of the massive Boomer generation are radically altering both the demographic landscape and every aspect of the consumer marketplace. Already 50+ consumers account for more than half of all spending and control more than 70% of total U.S. net worth. In the coming years, we’ll see explosive business growth fueled by this unprecedented age wave.

Tens of millions of Boomers are entering their retirement years just as Americans are living longer than ever before. As a result, the timing, power, and purpose of maturity are being dramatically re-imagined. Learn how the exciting spectrum of new lifestyle choices across adulthood will affect every area of our lives.

Re-visioning Retirement: New Timing, New Purpose, New Planning, New Funding

The convergence of rising longevity, today’s uncertain economy, and widespread insufficient savings has reset the retirement clock. Highly acclaimed Age Wave research reveals that the new retirement could be a good thing—for individuals, the consumer marketplace, and financial-planning professionals.

The New Alchemy of Travel: In Search of Peak Experiences

Amidst our current workaholic culture, there is an awakening appreciation for the immeasurable value of great times with friends and loved ones, the satisfaction of continued personal growth, and the excitement of encountering new people, places, and cultures. Fueled by the dual Boomer liberations of emptynesting and retirement and turbo-charged by Millennial FOMO, hundreds of millions of men and women worldwide are hoping to enjoy more “time affluence” than at any other point in history.

How Longevity Will Transform Health, Medicine, and Aging

Rising longevity and global population aging are radically altering both the demographic landscape and every dimension of health and healthcare. This revealing glimpse into the future—led by one of our nation’s most recognized and respected authorities on longevity and the personal, marketplace, and societal implications of the age wave—dives deep into the questions that are transforming health and medicine in the 21st century.

Women and Financial Wellness: Beyond the Bottom Line

The growing financial, social and geopolitical power of women may be the most important demographic trend impacting financial services today. New generations of empowered women—bolstered by education, unprecedented levels of workforce participation, and escalating income and wealth—are assuming increasingly influential roles in their own and their family’s financial management. The financial services industry, historically catering primarily to men, must find ways to win the hearts, minds and purses of this growing client base.

Rising longevity, global population aging and the massive Baby Boomer generation facing their later years head-on are combining to radically alter both the demographic landscape and every dimension of health, wellness and aging as we know it.

The New 50+ Woman: A Force to Be Reckoned With

Drawing on both decades of cutting-edge Age Wave research, including the highly acclaimed new study which she led entitled Women and Financial Wellness: Beyond the Bottom Line, and insights from her landmark book, Influence: How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Change Our World for the Better, Maddy explains why 50+ women are becoming the most powerful and influential segment of the consumer marketplace.

A Boomer/Millennial Smackdown

Dynamic father-son duo Ken and Zak Dychtwald will deliver an engaging, mind-stretching, and actionable session to envision the new characteristics, aspirations, hopes and fears of these two powerful generations. Ken’s lifelong pursuit to understand the attitudes and characteristics of what makes Boomers tick is fused with Zak’s experience and knowledge of the emerging Millennial mindset in this unique presentation.

About AgeWave

Age Wave is the nation’s foremost thought leader on issues relating to an aging population, with great expertise in the profound business, social, healthcare, financial, workforce and cultural implications. Under the leadership of Founder/CEO Dr. Ken Dychtwald, Age Wave has a unique understanding of the body, mind, hopes and demands of new generations of maturing consumers and workers and their expectations, attitudes, hopes, and fears regarding retirement.